HydroBASINS lev08 watershed · #6080826800
Bassin de Rio Pelotas
A watershed (drainage basin) is not a body of water — it is the land area where rainfall converges towards a single river that eventually reaches the sea (or an endorheic basin). Boundaries follow ridgelines.
Crosses 2 administrative regions : Bom Jesus, Capão Alto
Sub-basin area
18,3km²
Upstream area
7 459km²
Discharge
183,55m³/s
Mean elev.
832m
Administrative coverage
Hydrographic chain
▼ Drains into
▲ Receives from 2 basins
- Bassin de Rio Pelotinhas1171 km²
- Bassin de Rio dos Touros964 km²
2 dept-equivalent regions (GADM L2)
- Bom Jesus10.0 km²54.5% of basin
- 8.3 km²45.5% of basin
Computed live · GADM 4.1 × HydroBASINS lev08 × WDPA · cached after first hit.
Species present
10 distinct species · 17 observations
Source: GBIF Occurrence snapshot 2026-05-01.
Ecological tissue
Not enough documented interactions to build a meaningful graph for this territory.
Hydroclimate (BasinATLAS lev08)
Mean T°
16,6°C
Annual rain
1 639mm
Moisture idx (CMI)
0,24
Runoff
779mm/an
PET
1 248mm
AET
1 158mm
Mean slope
12,6°
Water table
646cm
Forest
67%
Crops
6%
Urban
0%
Protected
0%
HydroATLAS BasinATLAS v10 (Linke et al. 2019) · HydroBASINS lev08 (Lehner & Grill 2013)